Ta-Nehisi Coates Quotes

You don't make a case for reparations thinking, 'Oh yeah, people are gonna love this.' I didn't see that coming.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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LovePeopleThinkingYouSeeComing

I think nobody since has written such extraordinary work as Shakespeare writes. The characters he writes are full of inconsistencies, which is a great human quality - I mean, we're all very inconsistent in the way we behave.

Jeremy Irons

WorkGreatQualityThinkNobodyWay

As far as being onstage, commanding presence, I've always looked up to people like Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley - the rock gods. I've always wanted to be able to achieve that level of commanding nature onstage and really leading people at a show.

Andy Biersack

NaturePeopleRoseAchieveRockUp

During my teen years, I was real emotional. I could be really up or down.

Andie MacDowell

TeenDownRealYearsEmotionalUp

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush.

John Spratt

GovernmentYouCountryYoungRight

I felt God's love, and that was a great gift.

Steven Ford

LoveGodGreatGiftFeltGreat Gift

In L.A., we have a saying - 'What do you do?' It's less of a question and more of a self-defense mechanism for wayward screenwriters looking to slip you a first draft, or the occasional actor looking to get in on the latest shoot. But I hate the question because of my own answer - I write about games.

Rob Manuel

HateLookingSayingYouActorGames

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

Mary Wesley

GreatDisappointmentTurnOutMay

Sports fandom transcends gender, race, language, political preference, socioeconomic status, or any other way you can think of slicing this planet.

Mary Pilon

SportsThinkLanguagePoliticalYou

I never meant to antagonize anyone.

Mohammed Morsi

NeverMeantAnyoneAntagonize

And Clinton was like that - he saw the whole playing field. He didn't just see the event that he was at or the circumstances of that week or that month. He saw the whole playing field all the time.

Dee Dee Myers

TimeWeekCircumstancesSeeMonth

You have to take risks.

Perry Farrell

RisksYouTake

I think 'The Road' is a good example of a book everyone should read, but I wouldn't recommend it to young kids.

Shaun Tan

GoodBookRoadThinkYoungEveryone

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